Common Names
Psyllium
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ALUMINUM | 5 | Seed | 7.0 | 34.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 19800.0 | -0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASH | 0 | Seed | 4796.0 | 22000.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
AUCUBIN | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Hull Husk | not available | 24.0 | 1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 5.0 | 24.0 | 1.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 303.0 | 574.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Hull Husk | not available | 3059.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 728.0 | 3340.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 845500.0 | 0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 201868.0 | 926000.0 | 1.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | 0.2 | 0.8 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
COBALT | 2 | Seed | 0.6 | 2.5 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Hull Husk | not available | 34000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Seed | 8066.0 | 37000.0 | -1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Hull Husk | not available | 3500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -1.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Seed | not available | 3000.0 | -1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
Calcium-Antagonist | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cancer-Preventive | 12 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
Candidicide | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
Carcinogenic | 2 | Science News, 146: 421. |
Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Cardioprotective | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cathartic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Choleretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
CNS-Paralytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Collagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |